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Tag Archives: Piet Oudolf

Hauser & Wirth Durslade Farm, Somerset – Cutting Edge in the Back of Beyond

Posted on September 20, 2019 by admin
Oudolf Field and Radic Pavilion

I have always been a bit suspicious of the modern and contemporary art market. I can remember Alfred Taubman, the chairman of Sothebys, being imprisoned in the early 2000s for price-fixing, New York dealer Larry Gagosian being embroiled in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Iwan Wirth, Piet Oudolf, Somerset, Stourhead, Ursula Hauser, West of England

The New York High Line: Re-Imagining The City

Posted on July 30, 2019 by admin
Elevated Walkway Over Planted Railroad Tracks

‘Not since Central Park opened in 1857 has a park reshaped New Yorkers’ thinking about public space and the city more profoundly.’ New York Times 20 September 2014                          … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged New York, Piet Oudolf, United States

The Trentham Estate – The Good Developer?

Posted on September 9, 2015 by admin
The Parterre and Lake Beyond

Wearing one of my other hats, I serve on the committee of an amenity society for one of the inner London boroughs. Our job is to vet planning applications and pass on that advice to the planning officers and planning … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Capability Brown, Duke of Sutherland, Piet Oudolf, St. Modwen, Tom Stuart Smith

Scampston Walled Garden – A Bit of a Curate’s Egg.

Posted on May 10, 2014 by admin
The Perennial Meadow

From time to time a new garden opens to the public that grabs the headlines, and back in 2003 Scampston Walled Garden certainly did that. It is a garden that I should have been to a long time ago, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Malton, New European Movement, Piet Oudolf, Sir Charles Legard, Yorkshire

Pensthorpe – A Holistic Blueprint for the Future

Posted on April 17, 2014 by admin
Millennium Garden 4

Parking next to a family just leaving, I was witness to a small girl’s red-faced tantrum, accompanied by much stamping of feet. ‘But Mummy, we’ve just adopted it, ….WHY can’t I take it home?’ I looked quizzically at the exasperated … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, UK | Tagged Bio-diversity, Ecological, Norfolk, Piet Oudolf, Sustainable

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